This year, the theme for Mental Health Awareness Week is movement. At Ganga Flow, we place huge importance on movement whenever you can, wherever you can. It not only helps energy and endorphins to flow through your body but also helps improve the overall wellness of your body, better mental health, and higher cognitive function.
It is Mental Health Awareness Week this week. Why is it important I hear you ask… Mental health is not something always easily visible to us (or that we see or think of others). Some are unable to talk about it, some are unable to seek help and some are not in a good place, but they don’t know it. That is why it is so important to raise awareness about mental health. it helps break down stigmas and encourages individuals to seek help when needed. By raising awareness, we can foster understanding, empathy, and support for those struggling with mental health issues, ultimately leading to earlier intervention, improved treatment outcomes, and a healthier society overall.
This year, the theme for Mental Health Awareness Week is movement. At Ganga Flow, we place huge importance on movement whenever you can, wherever you can. It not only helps energy and endorphins to flow through your body but also helps improve the overall wellness of your body, better mental health, and higher cognitive function.
One of the biggest barriers to doing this is your mental state; your attitude, your willpower, and your current status of ‘being’. What we find that helps to get over this is to break things down into smaller, more achievable goals. For example, rather than trying to do a full yoga class or to go out for a 5km walk after work in the first instance which could look daunting, try simply doing 60 seconds of movement. So this could be literally as simple as just limbering up, jumping around, and shaking your body. There, you have taken the first step into making changes, getting your mind into the right place, and making that “first step” (initial action). It is ACTIONS that matter, not ‘just planning’ (and then nothing coming out of it).
I know that as the old saying goes, “It’s always easier said than done”. But I truly believe starting with these small changes, small goals, and small wins will help you get to your bigger goals and objectives. Think about it this way, when we were kids we were always running around, doing something, jumping up and down, and we never felt any problems (putting age aside for a moment). So let’s be like kids again, start to enjoy our lives more, and bring that energy and movement back into our lives.
All in all, having a physically better-tuned body will ultimately help with your mood and your mental state. To put it simply, if you are in pain or you are unable to do a small physical task without any problem, you are not going to be smiling.
So if it’s just a short walk, just a couple of minutes of stretching, or whatever movement that you could do, please make it happen. Your current self and your future self will be much happier and much healthier as a result.
So keep moving everyone.
PS: It is also important to be aware and considerate of what others might be going through, and wherever you can try to be there for those who need it, and try to support those who need it. #mentalheatlthawareness #mentalhealthmatters
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